The Relationships among Asymmetry in Task Dependence, Perceived Helping Behavior, and Trust

Social relations analyses involving 132 working relationships among
60 individuals from 29 teams revealed that an increase in a team
member’s task dependence on another team member was
associated
with higher levels of perceived help from and interpersonal trust in
that specific team member, provided the other member was highly task
dependent on the focal member. The degree to which an actor
perceived a relationship with a partner to be helpful partially
mediated the relationship between task dependence and trust. These
findings highlight the importance of attending to asymmetries in
task
dependence and provide valuable insights into mechanisms that can
explain the development of trust in
organizational work teams.

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